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Summary of the season so far:
Maya arrived back 12 March and Blue 33(11),on 14 March. The pair are currently incubating three eggs - #1 laid 28 March, #2 laid 31 March and #3 on 3 April.
Maya and 33 have incubated these eggs for 34 days now and in a few days we should see the first hatching of the season and another record broken!
Chicks cuddled up together. No adult on nest.
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Birdies LG DU update.
33 just flown in, followed by Maya.
What a difference in size to the osplets I saw on Tuesday and Wednesday!!
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
When I looked in just after 12 (couldn't post) Maya was standing at the side ofthe nest as she is now so presume it is warm at Rutland
Earlier the chicks were awake and it was little 'un who was leaning across and having a dig at its sibling All tightly asleep now
What a lovely scene as the sun sets. Just look at how these three chicks have grown!
Another feed in progress.
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2016: first time in history an Osprey nested in the NL. 2018: 2 active nests! 2019 a storm interferes. 2020: a third active nest in a tree!
Camera very glary but I can see that Maya is trying to keep the chicks covered but they seem to have other ideas!
Maya has her back to us but there is a very large lump of fish to her left which I did not see before. No sign of her feeding the chicks though.
Maya has now moved and you can see the fish which she has just started to eat from. Chicks seemingly not awake.